Bacille Calmette Guérin

Bacille Calmette Guérin
An effective immunization against tuberculosis. Commonly abbreviated BCG, it is an attenuated (weakened) version of a bacterium called Mycobacterium bovis which is closely related to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the agent responsible for tuberculosis. Camille Guérin (1872-1961) and Albert Calmette (1863-1933) produced the BCG strain of the bacteria at the Pasteur Institute in Paris in 1921. Within a decade BCG was being given in France and many other countries. By 1928, BCG had been given to 116,000 infants in France alone. However, conflicting reports about its effectiveness delayed the use of the BCG vaccine in the United States until 1950. BCG is also used as an adjuvant to stimulate the immune response and in cancer chemotherapy.

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  • bacille Calmette-Guérin — An attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis used in the preparation of BCG vaccine that is used for immunization against tuberculosis and in cancer chemotherapy. SYN: Calmette Guérin bacillus. [Fr.] * * * ba·cille Calmette Guérin ba sēl , bä n …   Medical dictionary

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  • Bacille Calmette-Guerin — An attenuated mycobacterium derived from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The bacterium is used in tuberculosis vaccination. Extracts of the bacterium have remarkable powers in stimulation of lymphocytes and leucocytes and are used in adjuvants …   Dictionary of molecular biology

  • bacille Calmette-Guérin — BCG …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • Bacillus Calmette-Guérin — (or Bacille Calmette Guérin, BCG) is a vaccine against tuberculosis that is prepared from a strain of the attenuated (weakened) live bovine tuberculosis bacillus, Mycobacterium bovis , that has lost its virulence in humans by being specially… …   Wikipedia

  • Bacillus Calmette-Guérin — Das Bacille Calmette Guérin (BCG) ist ein von den Franzosen Albert Calmette (1863−1933) und Camille Guérin (1872−1961) Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts aus Rindertuberkelbazillen von normaler Virulenz durch dauernd wiederholte Fortzüchtung… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • bacillus Calmette-Guerin — bacillus Cal·mette Gué·rin .kal met (.)gā ran, ran n an attenuated strain of tubercle bacillus developed by repeated culture on a medium containing bile and used in preparation of tuberculosis vaccines called also bacille Calmette Guérin compare… …   Medical dictionary

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  • Bacille Calmette et Guérin — Vaccin Bilié de Calmette et Guérin Pour les articles homonymes, voir BCG. Le vaccin bilié de Calmette et Guérin (vaccin BCG) est un vaccin contre la tuberculose. Il est préparé à partir d une souche atténuée de bacille tuberculeux bovin… …   Wikipédia en Français

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